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Sinitta – who has confided in close friend and former lover Simon Cowell over the abuse – added: “It’s not about revenge. I was assaulted by a very ­powerful person. It is scary because you think of the repercussions. I’m a single mum and a single woman, literally – it does feel very scary.

“But after all these years of putting a smile on my face, to think these things haven’t ­affected me – I thought that was bravery.

“It hasn’t stopped me living my life but it actually damages your confidence. You have this child inside you weeping but you are pushing forward.

Sinitta confided in close friend and former lover Simon Cowell over the abuse (Image: PA)

“I think it’s going to be ­empowering in the end but you’ve got to do it scared. There are multiple men, I have been around a long time.”

Sinitta – who shot to fame with the single So Macho – has ­remained close to music mogul Simon, 58, since her Eighties pop heyday.

The pair previously dated and she has regularly ­appeared on The X Factor.

She added: “There are so many people in our industry who have taken abuse of their power so it’s a shame when you’ve got heroes" (Image: Getty)

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But they fell out this year when he refused to employ her as a guest judge on the show.

Now Sinitta has healed the rift with the telly ­favourite and says he helped her when she told him about the sex attacks.

She said: “That is a security ­blanket, you want to know someone is there for you.

“It’s scary when you stand up to people. People say ‘oh you’re Sinitta’. But I’m an artist, I’m a female artist. I was a child star. I’m ­famous but you don’t feel ­powerful when things like this are going on.”

It is understand the sex ­assaults are among a series of explosive revelations she will make in her book.

She says she was shocked to hear about US movie mogul Weinstein because she thought he was a “kind” man (Image: Getty)

Sinitta admits she has been inspired by the #metoo ­campaign.

And she says she was shocked to hear about US ­movie mogul Weinstein ­because she thought he was a “kind” man.

She added: “There are so many people in our industry who have ­taken abuse of their power so it’s a shame when you’ve got heroes.”

Sinitta also said she was not loving being single after ­splitting from publicist Jason Gale.